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Chaim Azriel Weizmann Biography and Timeline

Follow Chaim Azriel Weizmann through 21 dated historical records for Israel.

Chaim Azriel Weizmann, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

21Distinct records
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1916–1948Years on this page

1916

Production-Acetone

Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Discovers how to mass produce acetone

Declaration of Balfour

Politics / WZO

Helps secure the Balfour Declaration on behalf of Jewish interests

1920

President of Israel

President of the World Zionist Organisation · Politics / WZO

Appointed President of the World Zionist Organisation

Role range: 1920-1931

1929

President of Israel

President of Jewish Agency for Palestine · Politics / WZO

Appointed President of the Jewish Agency for Palestine, 1st term

Role range: 1929-1931

1932

Hebrew Jerusalem University

President of Hebrew Jerusalem University · Jerusalem · Politics / WZO

Appointed President of the Hebrew Jerusalem University

President of Israel

President of Hebrew Jerusalem University · Politics / WZO

Appointed President of the Hebrew Jerusalem University

1935

President of Israel

President of Jewish Agency for Palestine · Politics / WZO

Appointed President of the Jewish Agency for Palestine, 2nd term

Role range: 1935-1946

1937

Jewish State

Jerusalem · Government / Government of Israel

Supports the partition of Palestine to form a Jewish State

Partition

Jerusalem · Government / Government of Israel

Supports the partition of Palestine to form a Jewish State

1941

Independence of Israel

President of Israel · Politics / WZO

Churchill supports the Jewish State & puts it on the WWII Peace Conference agenda

Role range: 1935-1946

Jewish State

President of Israel · Politics / WZO

Churchill supports the Jewish State & puts it on the WWII Peace Conference agenda

Role range: 1935-1946

1944

Independence of Israel

President of Israel · Chequers · Politics / WZO

Meets Churchill & agrees to the partition of Palestine & support a Jewish State

Role range: 1935-1946

Jewish State

President of Israel · Chequers · Politics / WZO

Meets Churchill & agrees to the partition of Palestine & support a Jewish State

Role range: 1935-1946

Rule of Palestine

President of Israel · Chequers · Politics / WZO

Meets Churchill & agrees to the partition of Palestine & support a Jewish State

Role range: 1935-1946

assassination of Lord Moyne changes Churchills pro-Zionism

President of Israel · Politics / WZO

The assassination of Lord Moyne changes Churchills pro-Zionism. Promises Churchill the Jewish Agency will remove terrorism

Role range: 1935-1946

1945

Independence of Israel

President of Israel · Politics / WZO

Asks Churchill to proclaim a Jewish State, has to wait for a Peace Conference. Asks Churchill to abandon the White Paper of 1939

Role range: 1935-1946

Jewish State

President of Israel · Politics / WZO

Asks Churchill to proclaim a Jewish State, has to wait for a Peace Conference

Role range: 1935-1946

1946

Dismissal

President of Israel · Politics / WZO

Dismissed at the Zionist Congress for failing to peacefully form a Jewish State

Role range: 1935-1946

Jewish State

President of Israel · Politics / WZO

Dismissed at the Zionist Congress for failing to peacefully form a Jewish State

Role range: 1935-1946

1948

President of Israel

President of Israel · Government / Government of Israel

Appointed provisional President of Israel

Role range: 1948-1949

President of Israel

President of Israel · Government / Government of Israel

Appointed President of Israel

Role range: 1948-1952

Records, sources and methodology

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